Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized

Paul Schmehl pauls at utdallas.edu
Wed May 3 16:31:27 UTC 2006


Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Paul Schmehl <pauls at utdallas.edu> writes:
>
>> It's a dual boot machine.  Windows XP recognizes the NIC just fine,
>> but *not* with the default drivers that come with XP SP2.  I had to
>> install the drivers from Dell.
>>
>> Maybe there's something different about this NIC?
> 
> Dell often does unexpectedly proprietary things like that, so it's
> possible.  
> 
> I think you may need the bce(4) driver rther than bge(4), but that is
> in the GENERIC kernel these days also.

Hmm...bce *isn't* in the GENERIC kernel for i386 6.0 RELEASE.  Is this a 
new driver?

-- 
Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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